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Almost Raw Vegan Tacos

These almost raw vegan tacos are the perfect meal for late summer, and packed with plant-based protein from the walnuts and sunflower seeds!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 2 -3

Ingredients

Tacos

• 1 Head Red or Green Lettuce
• Handful Cherry Tomatoes chopped
• 1/2 Red Onion chopped
• 1 Mango peeled and chopped

Nut “Meat”

• 2 Cups Walnuts
• 1/2 Cup Sunflower Seeds
• 1/4 Tsp Smoked Paprika
• 1 Tsp Chili Powder
• 1/4 Tsp Cumin
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• Olive oil for sauté

Instructions

Nut “Meat”

• To make the nut meat, combine all ingredients into the food processor and pulse a few times, until nuts are chopped. Don’t overprocess – be sure to leave big-ish chunks of nuts.
• Bring a sauté pan to medium heat. Add in a little extra virgin olive oil, and sauté nut meat for about 2-3 minutes, or until warm and fragrant.

Tacos

• Prep the veggies and mango. Mix tomatoes, onion, and mango to make a pico de gallo.
• To assemble tacos, stuff lettuce leaves with as much nut meat / pico as desired.
• Serve and enjoy!

Notes

To make these tacos fully raw, just process the nut meat with the spices in the food processor and serve immediately, skipping the sauté step.

P.S.

If you make this recipe and post it on Instagram, be sure to tag me @wellandfull and #wellandfull so I can see! I love seeing your takes on my recipes :)